He was 101. Angell died Friday of heart failure, according to The New Yorker. “No one lives forever, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that Roger had a good shot at it,” New Yorker Editor ...

Roger Angell, who turned a 1962 spring training assignment for The New Yorker into an elegant baseball writing career that landed him on the steps of Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame, died Friday.

Roger died on Friday. He was a hundred and one ... It’s a fine story, I think—original, strong, and true. Angell was also writing for the magazine: humor pieces, Talk of the Town stories ...

He was 101. Angell died Friday of heart failure, according to The New Yorker. "No one lives forever, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that Roger had a good shot at it," New Yorker Editor David ...

Angell died Friday of heart failure ... as “The Stone Arbor and Other Stories” and “A Day in the Life of Roger Angell,” a collection of his humor pieces. He also edited “Nothing But ...